保时捷增持大众汽车股票至30%

German sports car maker¹ Porsche exercised an option on 3.6% of stock in German car maker Volkswagen. Because this puts their ownership in VW over 30%, German law required Porsche to make a takeover offer to other VW shareholders², so they did: €101 per share, which is the average price of VW stock over the last three months and therefore the minimum bid they were allowed to make. Because the current VW share price is €114, Porsche knew that the shareholders would not accept the offer. Porsche recently led the campaign that resulted in a European court of justice ruling against Germany's "VW law," which guarantees the German government a certain amount of control over the company. The court ruled that the law breached³ EU laws on the free flow of capital.

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

3 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。